Merhis Living starts on Blacktown apartment

DEVELOPER Merhis Living has broken ground at the site of its 20-level Inspire Blacktown project, which will include 184 apartments chiefly aimed at first home buyers.

The group’s marketing director, Anthony Aoun, said interest rate certainty remains a key motivator for young people and couples looking to break into the Sydney property market.

He said 72% of the group’s apartments in Blacktown – it has three projects in the western Sydney hub – are priced at levels that qualify first home buyers for the full state government stamp duty concession and the first home buyer grant.